On Jamie Oliver’s advice, I picked my nose in Sainsbury’s. It had a sort of Wallace and Grommit grin and glasses. I chose the one with glasses because I thought Teddy, a spectacle wearer, would like it best. Struggling to get him to eat his tea after he came home from nursery that day, I [...]

At 2 years and 8 months Teddy has developed a proprietorial interest in everything.  I recently agreed with him that one of his bogeys was indeed his but I failed to convince him the hankey I had used to remove it was not. Today we both took a trip to the local park to give [...]

In the Guardian today was a report about the use of biometric scanners as a replacement for roll-call: School puts a brave face on biometrics . A hammer to crack a walnut at the very least. But I’m with David Coulter in my concern about the adoption of this sort of technology – it’s the [...]

When I have my arm wrapped around Teddy, reading his bedtime story, he’ll pluck at the hairs on my arm with his index finger and thumb. He doesn’t seem to realise he’s doing it. He’s done this ever since bedtime stories were a feature. It’s quite gentle and soothing in an odd sort of way. [...]